Non-refillable bottle.



E. WIPFLER. NON-REFILLABLE'BOTTLE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 16, 1912.

1,070,220, Patented Aug. 12, 1913.

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EUGENE W'I'PFLER, OF BlRDOKIIY N, NEW YORK.

NoN-nEE-ILLAiaL- BOTTLE.

fipecification of Iietters Patent.

Patented Au'g.12, 1 913.

Application filed November .16, 19-12. Serial No. 731,732.

Be it known that I, EUGENE WHEELE a; citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Non-Refillable Bottles, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates .to bottles and has for an objectto provide a bottle which cannot be conveniently refilled after the original contents has been withdrawn therefrom. I

The invention embodies, among other fea' tures, a bottle of simple and durable con-j struction and provided with means whereby the contents of the bottle can be readily poured therefrom when the bottle is tilted, the said means being movable to prevent the refilling of the bottle when the original contents thereof has been exhausted therefrom.

In the further disclosure of the invention reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, constituting a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference denote corresponding parts in all the views, and in which:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary vertical sectional View of the bottle, showing the valve in closed position; Fig. 2 is a similar sectional view showing the bottle tilted into pouring position, the valve being open; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the frame; and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the valve.

Referring more particularly to the views, I disclose a bottle 10 including a bottle body 11 having an integral neck 12, a plurality of recesses 13 being formed in the inner face of the neck 12 at the lower end thereof and adjacent the point of formation of the neck 12 with the bottle body 11.

A frame 14 is supported within the neck 12 of the bottle body 11, the said frame being preferably formed of stamped metal such as aluminum or the like and comprising a frusto-conically shaped hood 15 pro vided with a series of openings 16 and having depending side supporting strips 17 formed with the hood 15, with beads 18 struck from the lower ends of the strips 17 and adapted to repose in the recesses 13 in the neck 12, an expansible helical spring 19 being arranged within the neck with the ends of the spring reposing in the indentations formed by the beads 18 so that the expansibility of the spring will retain the 2 :beads 18 within the recesses 13., thus look- :ing the frame 14 within the neck 12 of the ibottle body.

Rig-idly secured to the strips 17 and,

therefore, supported upon the frame '14, is a ,fr-usto-conical-ly shaped valve head 2010f a :tubular nature and having mounted to swing on the upper end thereof :a suitable valve 21, the said valve 21 being adapted to normally close the upper end of the valve head .20 and the said valve head being supported by the frame 14 so that the upper end of the valve head will extend into the space formed by the hood 15, the openings 16 in the hood being preferably inclined, with the valve 21 arranged above the horizontal plane of the openings in order to prevent the insertion of a wire or tool through one of the openings for the purpose of engaging the valve and securing the same in an open position to permit of refilling the bottle body 11 with a spurious fluid.

In the use of the device described, after the bottle body has been filled with the desired fluid, the frame 14 is placed in the neck thereof and in view of the provision of the spring 19, the beads 18 of the strips 17 will readily spring into the recesses 13 in the neck 12 when the frame 14 is lowered in the neck, thus locking the frame securely in the neck of the bottle body. It will now be seen that when the bottle body is tilted, the valve 21 will swing into an open position so that the contents of the bottle body can flow through the valve head into the hood 15 and thence through the openings 16 in the upper end of the neck 12 to the exterior of the bottle. The swinging movement of the valve 21 is limited by the hood 15 and which is adapted to be engaged by the valve when the bottle body is tilted as shown in Fig. 2, it being thus seen that the engagement of the valve when in open position with the said hood limits the swinging movement of the valve in a manner which will permit of the valve readily and gravitationally returning to closed position when the bottle body is returned to an upright position.

The device described can becheaply manufactured and although the frame 14 can be made of any convenient material, the same is preferably stamped from sheet aluminum or some other non-corrosive metal. The valve head 20 is also preferably stamped from a single piece of material and in order to permit of properly supporting the valve head on the strips 17, the said valve head at the lower end thereof is provided with a plurality of ears 22 adapted to project through openings 23 formed in the strips 17, after which the free ends of the ears are bent downwardly upon the strips, thus rigidly supporting the valve head 20 upon the strips.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

In a non-refillable bottle, the combination with a bottle body including a neck, of a frame for insertion in the said neck, the said frame including a frusto-conical hood and integral depending supporting strips, spring engaged means on the supporting a valve head, ears projecting from the valve head and extending transversely through the supporting strips and then bent downwardly thereon to abut against the inner wall of the neck of the bottle body and support the valve head in spaced relation be neath the said hood, and a valve mounted to swing on the valve head to normally close the same.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

Bnnnnn ARFMANN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. C. 

